At the same time it is the worst program and the cheapest program to use for passing an ice. But it only let you pass through, any other effects (beside End the Run) from the ice, you will get.
For reasons that belong to the past, it was specified that if the text state something else than just "end the run", the console cannot break it.
Endless Hunger is very special in the sense that it is the ONLY program that is not an "AI" that can break any ices. In the Q2 2023 meta, it pairs well with Poison Vial (the replacement of e3 Feedback Implants) to also break the other subroutines.
Another trick to use with this console is Adjusted Matrix to break any ices, in exchange for clicks. Especially if coupled with Poison Vial.
Here are the ices that cannot be directly passed according to the ruling :
- Macrophage
- Whitespace
- Fairchild
- Fairchild 3.0
- Loki
- Data Ward
- IP Block
- Loot Box
- Peeping Tom
- Pop-up Window
- Ballista
- Bulwark
- Formicary
- Mausolus
- Surveyor
For Hortum, I'm not sure because it is "end the run" until you put three advancements on it.
This is why, sadly, it is not a good breaker. And if you do not use it with Adjusted Matrix, you'll probably run out of card to install to power it up, if you do not use multiaccess cards.
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